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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed	2011-01-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Ayrton
	First Name(s)	Acton Smee
	Year of Birth	1816
	Year of Death	1886
	Entry	Born 1816 : son of Frederick Ayrton, barrister at Bombay : practised as a solicitor at Bombay, 1836-50, when he returned to England : Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway : called to the bar from the Middle Temple, 1853 : M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, 1857-74 : Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury in Gladstone's Administration, 1868-9 : Privy Councillor : First Commissioner of Works, 1869-73 : Judge Advocate General, 1873-4 : defeated in his candidatures for the Tower Hamlets, 1874, and for the Mile End Division, 1885 : died Nov. 30, 1886

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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